Hello and welcome. I'm a lifestyle/editorial photographer now based Grand Forks, North Dakota of all places. After starting my business in Charlotte, NC and bouncing around the Southeast, we are embarking on a new adventure in a a whole new part of the country. My goal is to capture the beauty of life as you know it. My passion is to create images that celebrate life and emotion with a fresh and modern style. I'm happy to share my journey with you here on my site.

Available for travel assignments and adventure, always.
Wedding/Engagement :: 07.07.11
lauren + tim = engaged
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in."
- Morrie Schwartz

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audra bender says:

i love that first one, beautiful and i love the art on the wall.....super cool. hope you are getting settled in. moving is emotionally and physically tough. hang in.

(07.08.11 @ 11:02 AM)
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Lifestyle portraiture :: 07.05.11
keeping it southern and proper in savannah.
Right before our move I was delighted to be able to squeeze in the Southern Proper fall catalog shoot down in Savannah, GA. I've never been to Savannah and although it was hotter than sin, I couldn't help but appreciate the Southern charm of the city and how it worked really well with the look we were shooting for. Plus, the more I work with the Southern Proper team... the more impressed I am with their overall vision for this fabulous brand. And they make a long day of shooting really just plain fun, with the help of several iced coffees as well:)

We all also laughed as we thought back on the last shoot I did for the Spring catalog because I was 8 months preggo with Charlie boy. My how much can change in just a few short months!

So, again, a big thank you to the whole SP team for helping make these awesome images come to life!
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Rachel says:

Go, girl! Those look amazing. They are lucky to have found you!

 (07.05.11 @ 04:03 PM)
Tamara baker says:

Those men are dangerously handsome!

 (07.05.11 @ 08:15 PM)
Shannon Noon says:

I'll take the one on the left please. He looks like Matt Damon.... Mmmmmmm

 (07.07.11 @ 04:01 PM)
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Personal :: 07.04.11
happy 4th.
Hope that you are enjoying family and freedom today, wherever you may be! We will likely be having a fairly low key day since Ross starts school tomorrow morning (exciting!) and we are still in the final stages of unpacking and getting settled in. I felt like the images of my wild man nephew somehow seemed to capture the essence of the day...

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Lauren Verlander says:

Did you get Ross a new backpack and lunchbox?

(07.05.11 @ 04:45 PM)
Nicole Fiehler says:

This is an amazing image! Hope the move went well!

 (07.08.11 @ 10:45 PM)
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Personal :: 06.30.11
my boys.
These past few months have been full of change, travel and transition for me and our little family. The past few days have been particularly challenging as we have officially moved, which is no easy task with a little one. I've had my fair share of meltdowns in the process, but through it all I continue to be amazed at the blessing of Ross as a husband and dad. He is so steady, encouraging and patient - truly he is remarkable. So, as I am surrounded by piles of work to do, boxes to sort, and feeling generally overwhelmed by it all... I am choosing to take this moment and be thankful for Ross and for Charlie. Home is wherever they are, and that is what carries me through!

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Lauren Jackson says:

Ames, I love you! You're a great mama too just like Ross is an amazing dad. Charlie is so blessed to have both of you - through meltdowns and all :) I am thankful for your life & our friendship... that it's lasted across town, across states & across the country. I can't wait to see how God uses you in DC! Love these pics!

 (06.30.11 @ 02:05 PM)
Rachel DelCarmen says:

So sweet! I feel just the same way sometimes with our move and I say to Liam all the time when we're pulling up to our house that doesn't quite feel like home yet that home is where all of us are together. Somehow it makes it a little better. Good luck with the move! Enjoy the adventure! That's my motto which is why I still have lots of unpacked boxes - where's the adventure in that - that's what attics are for :). xo

 (06.30.11 @ 06:53 PM)
e.cochran says:

oh my! look at those eyes. he is so sweet. love this post amy...

 (07.01.11 @ 09:43 PM)
Sarah Foster says:

LOVE. And Ross is awesome. The Foster's second that.

 (07.03.11 @ 02:39 PM)
The Cafe Sucre Farine says:

Amy, We are praying for this huge transition in your life! What a sweet testimony about Ross -he is definitely a good man! I always say that a good man is worth way..... more than a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! How blessed you are! Love you, Scott & Chris

 (07.03.11 @ 07:25 PM)
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Kids and family :: 06.22.11
the changing faces of charlie boy: 5 months.
Well, this boy continues to grow and change right before my very eyes each day! He has also managed to find a way for me to love him with an affection so deep and fierce that tears prick my eyes every time I pray over his sweet sleeping face. He's getting to be quite the little man... sitting up, showing off his 2 teeth, using his feet like a little monkey, and holding his arms up when he wants to be picked up. But more than anything, I just want to share his precious and oh so expressive little face.

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Candice {The Beautiful Mess} says:

oh charlie! you are just darling...and look at those teeth! stevie is still toothless!

 (06.22.11 @ 12:37 PM)
Meredith Huntley says:

oh my goodness! what a chunk of cuteness!!!!!

 (06.22.11 @ 11:11 PM)
paige says:

Amy! He is just adorable!!!

 (07.01.11 @ 09:01 AM)
Gibbs says:

Nooner- Charlie gets more cute every single day! I want to hug and kiss him everytime I see his picture! He is one lucky boy to have you and pooks for parents! Miss you friend

 (07.06.11 @ 06:38 PM)
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